"White Hart Lane railway station White Hart Lane is a London Overground station on the Lea Valley lines located in Tottenham in the London Borough of Haringey in north London. It is down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between and . It is in Travelcard zone 3. The station is close to Bruce Castle, at which the annual Tottenham Carnival is held, usually in mid-June, and to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the new home ground of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club that replaced White Hart Lane. White Hart Lane was originally a stop on the Stoke Newington &"
"home of White Hart Lane had been demolished at the end of the 2016-2017 season to make way for the new stadium on the same site. Spurs eventually ended up playing a game at against Watford in front of 23,650 people a fixture supported by former MK Dons player and Milton Keynes local Dele Alli. Wootton Bassett Town moved temporarily and currently play their home games at the Corinium Stadium, Cirencester, home of Cirencester Town. Their Reserve, Development and Ladies teams all play home fixtures at Royal Wootton Bassett Rugby Football Club's Ballards Ash ground, their traditional Royal Wootton Bassett"
"biggest win in the Football League at the stadium took place on 22 October 1977 against Bristol Rovers which finished 9–0. On 22 November 2009, Tottenham defeated Wigan Athletic 9–1 in the Premier League. The club's biggest defeats at the venue were 0–6 scores in Division One, firstly against Sunderland on 19 December 1914 and later against Arsenal on 6 March 1935. The player with the most appearances at White Hart Lane is Steve Perryman who played 436 games, while Jimmy Greaves scored the most goals with 176 goals at the Lane. The highest attendance recorded at the Lane is"
"firm Wolfram & Hart are represented, respectively by the wolf, the ram and the hart. ""The White Hart"", a personal emblem of Richard II, and ""The Red Hart"" remain common English pub names. ""White Hart Lane"" is the name of the stadium of Tottenham Hotspur F.C. of the English Premier League. The county Hertfordshire (along with Hertford, its county town, Hartford, its twin town in Connecticut and the village of Hartford, near Northwich, in Cheshire) is thought to be named after a place where deer forded a watercourse. There is also the district of Hart in Hampshire and the villages"
"White Hart Lane Community Sports Centre White Hart Lane Community Sports Centre, also known as the New River Stadium is a rugby league and athletics stadium in Wood Green, Haringey, north London, England that is home to London Skolars rugby league club, Enfield and Haringey Athletic Club, Wood Green Weightlifting Club,Haringey Rhinos rugby union club, Haringey Cycling Club, and the Next Level Football League. The New River Stadium also hosts the Middlesex 9s rugby league nines tournament. The stadium is within walking distance of White Hart Lane football stadium. The grandstand at the ground holds approximately 1,000 people, while the"
"wins, which was ended by a loss to Spurs in January 2017. Spurs were unable to overhaul Chelsea's lead in the league table (13 points over Spurs at one stage in March), and finished the season in second place with 86 points, their highest ever points tally since the Premier League began. This is their highest ranking in 54 years since the 1962–63 season under Bill Nicholson, and the team also achieved their first unbeaten home run in 52 years since the 1964–65 season. The construction of a new stadium was initiated at White Hart Lane in 2016, and due"
"record). The first-half champion also hosted the World Bowl. This selection process was abandoned after the 1997 World Bowl. In 1995, league attendances averaged less than 15,000. The London Monarchs left Wembley for reasons of cost, size and availability, and the team's home games were played at Tottenham Hotspur F.C.'s White Hart Lane in the 1995 and 1996 seasons. White Hart Lane's field was only 93 yards long – nowhere near enough to hold a full 120-yard field and endzones – so the WLAF had to grant an exemption from the usual rules. The 1996 season was confirmed to go"
"early 1960s with numbers entering the 70,000s, but as seating was introduced, the stadium's capacity decreased to a modest number in comparison to other Premier League clubs. The record attendance at the ground was 75,038, for an FA Cup tie on 5 March 1938 against Sunderland. Tottenham's final game at White Hart Lane was played on 14 May 2017 with a 2–1 victory against Manchester United. Construction work is in progress for Tottenham to move to a new stadium with a planned capacity of 62,062, with the new stadium being built on the current site instead of moving elsewhere or"
"once a Spurs baseball team). A number of boxing matches were also held at the ground, for example, the match between Jack London and Bruce Woodcock in 1945, the Frank Bruno vs Joe Bugner bout in 1987, and the fight on 21 September 1991 where Michael Watson collapsed with a near fatal brain injury after a fight with Chris Eubank. In 1995 and 1996 White Hart Lane also hosted American football, as the home ground of the London Monarchs. Because the pitch could not accommodate a regulation-length American football field, the Monarchs received special permission from the World League to"
"football matches, one notable match took place in 1935 when England played Nazi Germany, which led to protests by Jewish groups. The match ended in a 3–0 win for England. During the construction of the new Wembley Stadium, White Hart Lane hosted full England international matches, such as a 2–0 defeat to Holland. Since the opening of the rebuilt Wembley, the Lane had been occasionally used to host England Under-21s international matches years, most notably a 1–1 draw against France Under-21s. The ground had been used for other sports and events since the early years such as baseball (there was"
"at the stadium for the first time when they lost 3–0 to Germany in a friendly. In the 2016–17 season, Tottenham Hotspur staged four ""home"" European fixtures in both the UEFA Champions League and Europa League competitions. Spurs set a new record attendance for a Champions League home game in England with over 85,000 fans. In April 2017 Tottenham confirmed that they had chosen to use Wembley Stadium for all their home fixtures in the 2017-18 season, this being due to their existing White Hart Lane Stadium being demolished to make way for the club's new stadium for which construction"
"centre. Tottenham became firmly established as one of England's biggest clubs that attracted some of the highest attendances in the country on a regular basis. Attendance at White Hart Lane averaged at over 53,000 in 1961, their double winning year. Between the late 1920s and 1972, White Hart Lane was one of very few British football grounds that featured no advertising hoardings at all. 1953 saw the introduction of floodlights with their first use being a friendly against Racing Club de Paris in September of that year. They were upgraded in 1957, and in 1961, floodlight pylons were installed. These"
"Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as Tottenham () or Spurs, is a professional football club in Tottenham, London, England, that competes in the Premier League. Wembley Stadium will be the club's home ground for the 2018–19 season until the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium opens in 2019. Their former home of White Hart Lane had been demolished to make way for the new stadium on the same site. Their training ground is on Hotspur Way in Bulls Cross in the London Borough of Enfield. Tottenham have played in a first (home) strip of white shirts and navy"
"season at White Hart Lane before it was demolished to make way for the new stadium. Tottenham went the season unbeaten at their old stadium in all competitions: it was the first time they had been unbeaten at home in a league campaign since the 1964–65 season. In winning their final fourteen home league matches, they equalled the club record set over the final nine games of 1986–87 and the first five of 1987–88. ""Age listed below are accurate as of 21 May 2017"" Summer: £67,400,000 Winter: £0 Total: £67,400,000 Summer: £39,000,000 Winter: £20,500,000 Total: £59,500,000 Summer: £28,400,000 Winter: £20,500,000"
"that it can make it possible for them to continue in mainstream education rather than being permanently excluded. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, currently in the FA Premier League, play at White Hart Lane, which is located in the borough on Tottenham High Road. The borough also has two Non-League football clubs, Haringey Borough F.C. and Greenhouse London F.C., who both play at Coles Park. London Skolars are a rugby league team that compete in Kingstone Press League 1. They play at New River Stadium in Wood Green, Haringey. The annual Middlesex 9s rugby league tournament also takes place at the"
"White Hart Lane. London Overground trains on the Gospel Oak to Barking line serve South Tottenham station. National rail services on the main Lea Valley Line (West Anglia Main Line), call at Tottenham Hale and Northumberland Park, with services provided by Greater Anglia. The Stansted Express serves Tottenham Hale. Should the Crossrail 2 scheme be approved, Tottenham Hale and Northumberland Park will also be served by Crossrail services. Tottenham is well served by many bus routes. They include Routes 41, 76, 123, 149, 192, 230, 243, 259, 279, 318, 341, 349, 476 and W4 Tottenham is the home of Premier"
"House, which stood beside the entrance gate to White Hart Lane but was demolished in 2016 in its redevelopment, would be their headquarters for six years before they moved to 808 High Road in 1891 and later to White Hart Lane. In April 1884, due to mail for another established club ""London Hotspur"" being misdirected to North London, the club was renamed Tottenham Hotspur Football Club to avoid any further confusion. The boys played their early matches on public ground at Tottenham Marshes, where they needed to mark out and prepare their own pitch, and on occasions had to defend"
"immediate promotion to the First Division when they finished runners-up in their first year in the league. Before the start of the next season, Woodward decided he wanted to leave, and later joined Chelsea. Spurs struggled in their first year in the First Division, but avoided relegation when they beat Chelsea in the last game of the season with goals from Billy Minter and a former Chelsea player Percy Humphreys, sending Chelsea down instead. After the club was elected to the Football League, the club started an ambitious plan to redevelop White Hart Lane, beginning in 1909 with the construction"
"The stands were officially named after compass points, but were more colloquially referred to by the road onto which they back. The capacity of the stands before the demolition of part of White Hart Lane that started in summer 2016 was as follows: The pitch at White Hart Lane, at 100 × 67 metres (or 6,700 square meters), was one of the smallest in the Premier League. Tottenham's biggest win at the stadium came in an FA Cup tie against Crewe in February 1960, with a 13–2 final score. This was also the highest score seen at the stadium. The"
"of land at the northern end. The ground by now had a covered stand on the west side and earth mounds on the other three. The ground was never officially named, but it would become popularly known as White Hart Lane, also the name of a local thoroughfare. The first game at the White Hart Lane was a friendly against Notts County on 4 September 1899 that Spurs won 4–1, and the first competitive game on the ground was held five days later against Queens Park Rangers, a game won by Spurs 1–0. In 1900, Tottenham won the Southern League"
"Halton Stadium The Halton Stadium (historically known as Lowerhouse Lane and Naughton Park) is a rugby league stadium in Widnes, Cheshire, England. Widnes Vikings play their home games there. The stadium is all seater and has a total capacity of 13,350. During the 2011 Super League Season, St. Helens played their home games at the stadium. Since 2013, the Everton Ladies and Liverpool Ladies football teams have used this ground as their home ground. Local club Widnes Football Club of the North West Counties Football League also play their home games at the stadium. The Halton Spartans American football team"
"also mooted. However, a move to Wembley Stadium was ruled out by the club, as was talk of moving to the Olympic Stadium in Stratford after completion of the 2012 Olympic Games. Ultimately the club's owners, ENIC Group, decided to focus solely on the ongoing redevelopment plan for White Hart Lane as part of the Northumberland Development Project. Sections of the North and East stands at the north-east corner were removed in 2016 to allow construction of the new stadium next to the old stadium in the final season at the Lane. As this reduced the stadium capacity below that"
"(League One). AFC Wimbledon currently hold the record for the longest unbeaten run of league matches in English senior football, having played 78 consecutive league games without a defeat between February 2003 and December 2004. They are the first club formed in the 21st century to make it into the Football League. In December 2017, the club received final permission to begin work on the construction of a new stadium on the site of the defunct Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium, only 250 yards away from Plough Lane, Wimbledon F.C.'s home until 1991. The club aim to have the stadium ready to"
"ground itself has a capacity of 5,000. Wood Green tube station on the Piccadilly line is the closest station to the stadium which is roughly a 15 minutes walk away. Also Alexandra Palace is a 30 minutes walk away which serves trains to both King's Cross St. Pancras and Moorgate. White Hart Lane railway station is also around a 25-minute walk away which serves trains to Liverpool Street. White Hart Lane Community Sports Centre White Hart Lane Community Sports Centre, also known as the New River Stadium is a rugby league and athletics stadium in Wood Green, Haringey, north London,"
"converted to seating, with the North Stand becoming all-seater the following season. The South Stand redevelopment was completed in March 1995 and included the first giant Sony Jumbotron TV screen for live game coverage and away match screenings. In the 1997–98 season the Paxton Road stand received a new upper tier and a second Jumbotron screen. Minor amendments to the seating configuration were made in 2006, bringing the capacity of the stadium to 36,310. By the turn of the millennium, the capacity of White Hart Lane had become lower than other major Premier League clubs. Talks began over the future"
"the crowd. In 1888, the club rented a pitch at Asplins Farm next to the railway line at Northumberland Park. However, the ground became overcrowded, and in 1899, the club moved to a piece of land to the east of Tottenham High Road behind the White Hart pub owned by the brewery company Charringtons. This would become the White Hart Lane ground. The club acquired the freehold of the ground as well as additional land at the northern (Paxton Road) end in 1905. Starting in 1909, a stadium with stands designed by Archibald Leitch was built over a period of"
"to be completed in time for the 2018-19 season. The new stadium would have a seating capacity of 62,062, a considerable increase from the capacity of 36,000 of the old stadium. A section of the North Stand was removed to allow building work on the new stadium to proceed next to the old stadium. European matches were held at Wembley Stadium for the 2016–17 season due to reduced capacity as part of the stand at White Hart Lane had been removed, and the need to comply with the ticketing requirement for European games. A club attendance record of 85,512 spectators"
"pitch for football, and a synthetic surface underneath for NFL games and other events. The project is estimated to cost £850 million and is intended to be a catalyst for a wider regeneration scheme in Tottenham. Beginning in the 1980s, the Tottenham home ground White Hart Lane was redeveloped, and in order to comply with the recommendation of the Taylor Report, it was turned into an all-seater stadium. The capacity of the stadium was reduced from 50,000 in 1979 to around 36,000 by the time it was completed in 1998. The capacity was by then lower than other major English"
"White City Stadium White City Stadium in White City, London, England, was built for the 1908 Summer Olympics, and hosted the finish of the first modern marathon. It also hosted swimming, speedway, boxing, show jumping, athletics, stock car racing, concerts and a match at the 1966 World Cup. From 1927 to 1984, it was a venue for greyhound racing, hosting the English Greyhound Derby. Designed by the engineer J. J. Webster and completed in 10 months by George Wimpey, on part of the site of the Franco-British Exhibition, this stadium with a seating capacity of 68,000 was opened by King"
"matches at White Hart Lane while Highbury was requisitioned as an ARP station and subsequently bombed. The two sides met in the FA Cup for the first time in the 1948–49 season, when Arsenal won a third round tie 3–0. Since 1950, there has only been one season being that of (1977–78) where Spurs and Arsenal have not been in the same division, meaning fixtures between the two are regular. With being so, this has maintained the rivalry to the present day; there have been many notable matches. Several of these comprise those where the course of a title or"
"White City Stadium (Liverpool) White City Stadium (Liverpool) was a greyhound racing stadium in Liverpool. Jimmy Shand and John Bilsland the owners of the Electric Hare Company had already built Stanley Greyhound Stadium in 1927, the same year as Breck Park Stadium and Bilsland planned to open Seaforth Greyhound Stadium after buying out Shand for £400,000 in 1930. However Shand also planned to open his own new track in Liverpool called White City, which won the race to be the third track in Liverpool to open after delays to the construction at Seaforth. Shand's plans were of a grand nature,"
"shuttle bus links and better pedestrian connections planned. The club intends to rename the White Hart Lane station to Tottenham Hotspur. The club, which is a founding participant of the environmental campaign has summarised the energy saving measures and other environmentally friendly elements of the project which it claims will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by around 40% compared to current Building Regulation requirements and make it one of the most environmentally sustainable stadiums in the United Kingdom. The first plan of 2007 was initially estimated to cost around £300 million, raised to around £400 million in 2009 for a revised"
"Northumberland Development Project The Northumberland Development Project is a mixed-use development project that centres on the building of the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to replace White Hart Lane as the home ground of Tottenham Hotspur. The stadium has a planned capacity for 62,062 spectators, and is designed to host football as well as NFL games. The development plans also include 585 new homes, a 180-room hotel, a local community health centre, the ""Tottenham Experience"" – a Spurs museum and club shop - an extreme sports facility, as well as the Lilywhite House, which contains a Sainsbury's supermarket, a sixth form"